Teacher Help Guide

Creating Your Teacher Account

To use Classicalia as a teacher, you'll need a teacher account. This gives you access to the Teacher Dashboard where you can manage classes, set tasks, and track student progress.

Your Dashboard Overview

The Teacher Dashboard shows you:

• Stats - Quick overview of your classes, students, tasks, and completions
• Your School - Add your school name to help us understand how Classicalia is being used
• Your Classes - All classes you teach, with join codes and quick actions
• Recent Activity - See what your students have been working on

Class Types

Classicalia supports four class types, each with specific features:

Creating a New Class

Join Codes

Each class gets a unique join code (e.g., LATIN-XY4Z) that students use to join. You can:

• Copy the code using the "Copy Code" button on each class card
• Display it on a projector for students to see
• Share it via your school's learning platform

How Students Join

Students need to:

1. Create a free student account on Classicalia
2. Go to their Student Dashboard
3. Click "Join Class" and enter your join code

Once joined, they'll appear in your class roster immediately.

Student Roster

In each class, you can see all enrolled students with:

• Their full name
• Mastery stats (for vocabulary classes)
• Quick actions for management

Student Actions

For each student, you can:

• View Profile - See detailed progress and vocabulary mastery
• Rename - Update a student's display name (useful for nicknames or corrections)
• Remove - Remove a student from the class (they can rejoin with the code)

Task Types

You can set different types of tasks depending on your class type:

Creating a Task

Task Settings

• Title - A descriptive name for the task
• Due Date - When students should complete the task by
• Content - Depends on task type (vocabulary range, text section, quiz topic, or URL)

Class Overview Stats

At the top of each class page, you'll see five key metrics:

• Students - Total enrolled students
• Mastered - Students who have mastered the core vocabulary
• Learning - Students actively making progress
• Struggling - Students who may need extra support
• Attempts - Total number of task attempts across the class

Leaderboard

The leaderboard shows top performers with four different views:

• XP - Experience points earned from all activities
• Accuracy - Highest percentage scores on tasks
• Recent - Most recently active students
• Speed - Fastest task completion times

Task Progress

Click on any task to expand and see detailed progress:

• Which students have completed it
• Their scores and completion times
• Whether they submitted on time or late
• Number of attempts made

Task Completion Grid

The completion grid gives you a bird's-eye view of all students and all tasks:

• Green - Completed on time
• Yellow - Completed late
• Red - Overdue (not completed)
• Blue - In progress
• Grey - Not started

Vocabulary Mastery

For Latin and Greek classes, you can track vocabulary mastery at the word level:

• See which words each student has mastered
• Identify common problem words across the class
• Track progress through the word list over time

What is Co-Teaching?

Co-teaching allows multiple teachers to manage the same class. Co-teachers can:

• View all students and their progress
• Set and manage tasks
• Post announcements and resources
• See the class on their own dashboard

Adding a Co-Teacher

Co-Teacher Visibility

Classes where you are a co-teacher (not the owner) appear on your dashboard with a purple "Co-teacher" badge. You have full access to manage the class, but only the original owner can delete it or remove other co-teachers.

Posting Announcements

Keep your students informed with class announcements:

• Share important dates and deadlines
• Provide study tips and reminders
• Mark announcements as "important" to highlight them

Students see announcements on their dashboard when they log in.

Sharing Resources

Add helpful resources for your class:

• Links - Useful websites and external resources
• Documents - Study guides, vocabulary lists, etc.
• Videos - Educational videos related to your content

Resources appear in the Resources section on your class page and students' dashboards.

Classroom Tools

Classicalia includes a suite of free classroom tools to help with your teaching: